Synthetic Data Augmentation for Enhancing Harmful Algal Bloom Detection with Machine Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03794v1
• Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:50:04 GMT
• Title: Synthetic Data Augmentation for Enhancing Harmful Algal Bloom Detection with Machine Learning
• Authors: Tianyi Huang,
• Abstract summary: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) pose severe threats to aquatic and public health, resulting in substantial economic losses globally.<n>This study investigates the use of synthetic data augmentation to enhance HAB monitoring systems.
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• Abstract: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) pose severe threats to aquatic ecosystems and public health, resulting in substantial economic losses globally. Early detection is crucial but often hindered by the scarcity of high-quality datasets necessary for training reliable machine learning (ML) models. This study investigates the use of synthetic data augmentation using Gaussian Copulas to enhance ML-based HAB detection systems. Synthetic datasets of varying sizes (100-1,000 samples) were generated using relevant environmental features$\unicode{x2015}$water temperature, salinity, and UVB radiation$\unicode{x2015}$with corrected Chlorophyll-a concentration as the target variable. Experimental results demonstrate that moderate synthetic augmentation significantly improves model performance (RMSE reduced from 0.4706 to 0.1850; $p < 0.001$). However, excessive synthetic data introduces noise and reduces predictive accuracy, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach to data augmentation. These findings highlight the potential of synthetic data to enhance HAB monitoring systems, offering a scalable and cost-effective method for early detection and mitigation of ecological and public health risks.

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